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11C Periodic1

This document is a periodic test for Class XI Informatics Practices at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Minambakkam, Chennai, covering various topics in computer architecture, operating systems, software utilities, encoding schemes, and Python programming. It includes questions on theoretical concepts, conversions between number systems, and programming syntax. The test is designed to assess students' understanding of fundamental computing principles and programming skills.

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11C Periodic1

This document is a periodic test for Class XI Informatics Practices at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Minambakkam, Chennai, covering various topics in computer architecture, operating systems, software utilities, encoding schemes, and Python programming. It includes questions on theoretical concepts, conversions between number systems, and programming syntax. The test is designed to assess students' understanding of fundamental computing principles and programming skills.

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KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA, MINAMBAKKAM, CHENNAI – 27

PERIODIC TEST-1
CLASS XI INFORMATICS PRACTICES
MAX.MARKS : 40 TIME : 90 MINS

1. (a) Briefly explain the basic architecture of a computer 2

(b) Name the parts of Primary memory with their types 1

(c) What are the major components of an Operating System. Explain in brief 2

(d) What is the utility of these software: (i) Disk Defragmentor (ii) Backup Utility 2

(e) Write a short note on Second generation of computers 2

(f) Give examples for each:


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(i) Operating System
(ii) Application software
(iii) Software Libraries

(g) Some statements are given, determine the suitable device that better describes them:

(i) Ultra-portable storage device with a solid state memory


(ii) Super Density Disk, that can hold upto 17GB of data 2

(iii) Circular platters that are stacked with spaces, on which information is stored
as tiny magnetic spots
(iv) An erasable Compact Disk on which you can write on multiple times

2. (a) What is the use of encoding scheme 2

(b) Convert:

(i) (210.354)10 into its binary equivalent number 2


(ii) (10010101.1011)2 into its equivalent decimal number

(c) What is the most significant bit and least significant bit in binary 1
3. (a) How are keywords different from identifiers? Explain with an example. 2

(b) What is a real literal and explain theirs forms 2

(c) Explain the use of the following operators: / , // , % with a suitable example 2

(d) Identify the valid identifier names: 2

if_a , Marks , Train.no , Student_age , US$ , class1 , Name , octal

(e) What will be the size of the following constants:

(i) ‘\n’
(ii) “\n”
2
(iii) ‘\”’
(iv) “Rama\’s”

(f) Identify the type of the following literals:

(i) ‘True’
(ii) False
2
(iii) 0XFACE
(iv) 0o2130

(g) What is the problem with the following code fragment:

(i) z=”IP”
x, y = 3, 5
a=z+1
print(a,x,y) 1

(ii) age=6
name=”Ronak”
print(“Your name and age is” name+age)

(h) What is Dynamic Typing feature of Python 1


(i) Can nongraphic characters be used in Python? How? Give some examples to support 2
your answer.

4. (a) What is the use of the following functions:

(i) id() 2
(ii) eval()

(b) Explain with an example the equality and identity operators 2

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